New Comic: "Fault Lines"

Blizzard has published a new comic, "Fault Lines," covering the lore of the dwarves leading into Legion. Currently in Warlords, Magni is frozen as a crystal in Old Ironforge, while three clans form an uneasy peace in the Council of the Three Hammers. Learn about how the council was formed in Cataclysm in the short story Fire and Iron.

Now, leading up to Legion, some big changes are about to take place:

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It has been four years since the dwarf king Magni Bronzebeard was cursed as he sought to protect his world, frozen as a solid diamond statue at the center of Old Ironforge. In our new Legion digital comic, "Fault Lines," he emerges from his crystal slumber with a dire warning of dark times to come. But will his daughter, Moira, be able to set aside the pain of her past to forgive Magni and help unite her people?

Written by Matt Burns and illustrated by Ludo Lullabi, "Fault Lines" is the first in a series of comics leading up to the Burning Legion's invasion of Azeroth.

Matt Burns is a senior writer on Blizzard Entertainment's Creative Development team. He co-authored the New York Times bestselling illustrated history book World of Warcraft Chronicle: Volume I, among other Blizzard titles.

Ludo Lullabi has more than twenty published works to his name. He has collaborated with Blizzard Entertainment many times, contributing to projects such as the World of Warcraft comic adaptation.

The next part of the story takes place during the Legion Pre Patch, in the quest 다이아몬드 왕. Beware, spoilers in the video:

Blizzard has recently clarified that this questline will only be available during the Legion Pre Patch. When Legion launches, this questline will not be available, but you can watch the lore scenes from Archivist Elysiana in Dalaran.

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To clarify, the return of Magni, Khadgar's visit to Karazhan, the Council of Six, the defense of Dalaran and summoning of Alodi events will take place during the weeks leading up to Legion's launch. Each week, more of the story will be revealed.

Players logging in after Legion's launch will see what you see when you start a new character on the beta today. You will progress from the Broken Shore, through the aftermath and introduction of the Illidari, then immediately get a missive from Khadgar telling you that Dalaran is about to teleport.

Players that missed these stories as they were played out in-game over the pre-launch weeks can request to see them from Archivist Elysiana in Dalaran at any time.

Grouping and Reset Timer Changes

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With Legion on the horizon, we wanted to let you know of an upcoming change that will open up additional grouping opportunities for players. As of the expansion pre-patch, players on North American, Latin American, and Oceanic realms will be able to group together in the open world no matter what realm their party or raid members are on. Players will also be able to see all available groups within the Group Finder, regardless of realm. This update will make it easier than ever for people to play together and group up for adventures like the new World Quests in Legion.

Additionally, reset timers for recurring in-game activities such as daily/weekly quests and raid/dungeon lockouts will be updated to a single unified lockout time of 15:00:00 UTC (8 a.m. PDT / 1 a.m. AEST) for all North American, Latin American, and Oceanic realms. This change will make it more convenient for players, as you will only need to keep track of one reset time. Weekly resets will occur on Tuesdays (early Wednesday mornings for Oceanic realms) at this time.

Demon Invasion Testing

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We’re looking for a few good heroes (and testers) to join us Friday, July 1 at 23:00 CEST to Play with the Blues as we test Demon Invasions on the PTR.

We’ll have members of the development team playing right alongside you, and are looking forward to seeing as many of you there as possible as we face the impending invasion of the Burning Legion together.

Horde players will want to meet up at 23:00 CEST in Orgrimmar before heading to Azshara to take part in the invasion.

Alliance players will want to meet up at 23:45 CEST in Ironforge before heading to Dun Morogh to take part in the invasion.

Nulgar의 댓글

As there are not that many PTR realms (I think 4, but no more than 8) I guess each will have Blues watching - I think several, if not all, are connected realms anyway.

HighlanderBoots의 댓글

on 2016-07-01T13:24:04-05:00

The biggest takeaway I see from the above post about the Pre-patch is that story content is NOT going away. After seeing important story beats evaporate from Mist of Pandaria and Warlords of Draenor in the form of quests vanishing, I love to see that, even though the play-through content may be for a limited time, the key plot points are being archived for later viewing, not just abandoned.

Feelthechill의 댓글

on 2016-07-01T13:33:44-05:00

So at 10 tonight for UK? Seems fun, will join.

hotaru251의 댓글

on 2016-07-01T13:43:10-05:00

That comic was full of such FEELS at the end....

I am happy for Moira. She did have a rough life.

zenakrua의 댓글

on 2016-07-01T13:56:27-05:00

Is this JUST EU or will NA be able to join in?

Feelthechill의 댓글

thaarael의 댓글

on 2016-07-01T14:29:47-05:00

With Legion on the horizon, we wanted to let you know of an upcoming change that will open up additional grouping opportunities for players. As of the expansion pre-patch, players on North American, Latin American, and Oceanic realms will be able to group together in the open world no matter what realm their party or raid members are on. Players will also be able to see all available groups within the Group Finder, regardless of realm. This update will make it easier than ever for people to play together and group up for adventures like the new World Quests in Legion.With Legion on the horizon, we wanted to let you know of an upcoming change that will open up additional grouping opportunities for players. As of the expansion pre-patch, players on North American, Latin American, and Oceanic realms will be able to group together in the open world no matter what realm their party or raid members are on. Players will also be able to see all available groups within the Group Finder, regardless of realm. This update will make it easier than ever for people to play together and group up for adventures like the new World Quests in Legion

Yay, even more cross-realm ninja farmers inc. Thx Blizz, hope it will just stay on NA, LA and Oceanic and won't come to EU realms...

Rybat117의 댓글

on 2016-07-01T14:35:47-05:00

Nice comic, glad to see him back.

dankmankrank의 댓글

on 2016-07-01T14:38:27-05:00

The event starts at 4pm CST for anyone wondering

Turof의 댓글

on 2016-07-01T14:54:21-05:00

Wow, another oppertunity for those who have BETA....thx blizz!

Keep up the good work

mmorrow82의 댓글

on 2016-07-01T15:14:03-05:00

Wow, another oppertunity for those who have BETA....thx blizz!

Keep up the good work

Play with the Blues as we test Demon Invasions on the PTR and not BETA.

nakrul의 댓글

on 2016-07-01T15:14:24-05:00

That comic was full of such FEELS at the end....

I am happy for Moira. She did have a rough life.

Exactly. Awesome comic specially because of the ending. Moira deserved that, and Magni, in fact, assuming his mistake was 10/10.

wingram의 댓글

on 2016-07-01T15:14:40-05:00

Wow, another oppertunity for those who have BETA....thx blizz!

Keep up the good work

It's on the PTR. Anyone can join.

wowrior의 댓글

on 2016-07-01T15:50:23-05:00

Soo Azeroth is a Female Titan ? I wonder what does that mean when it comes to Elune/Earth Mother. I mean surely they are all the same being now right ?

SilverDragon234의 댓글

on 2016-07-01T16:36:46-05:00

I loved the comic Perc! Moira looks like a true beauty.

Hopin' we get to see the lil tyke later.

Arithawn의 댓글

on 2016-07-01T17:27:53-05:00

Lots of fun doing the testing......staring at everyone running in place...attacking things that were not even showing up on my screen.....oh so exciting...

sniperorc의 댓글

on 2016-07-01T18:02:41-05:00

That comic was full of such FEELS at the end....

I am happy for Moira. She did have a rough life.

Yeah. I still feel bad for all the times I assassinated her husband, right in front of her.

That's not counting the times I killed her first. (Which are, evidently, non-canon).

Good reconciliation. I wonder what kind of emotional fallout you might be able to see from this in Legion, even if "A ruler must keep up appearances."